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botanicus
botanicus
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Botanicus is a freely accessible portal to historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library. Botanicus is made possible through support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, W.M. Keck Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Topic: botanicus biodiversity missouri botanical garden library
Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature
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8,591
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1.3M
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Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature, which is funded generously by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will significantly increase online access to biodiversity material by positioning the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) as an on-ramp for biodiversity content providers that would like to contribute to the national digital library infrastructure through the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
BHL Field Notes Project
BHL Field Notes Project
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3,791
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618,805
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The BHL Field Notes Project is a collaborative project funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). It provides open access to field notes from institutions throughout the United States. Building on the work of the Smithsonian Field Book Project, the BHL Field Notes Project aims not only to provide general access to this material, but to reunite fragmented collections through institutional collaboration. Doing so will provide a more complete picture of the expeditions,...
citebank
citebank
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36,863
ITEMS
5.8M
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CiteBank is BHL's citation repository, featuring open access content contributed by BHL partners and specialists working in the natural sciences. The Biodiversity Heritage Library is a global community of natural history libraries and research institutions who have formed a partnership to digitize and make available the world's biodiversity literature.
Topic: citebank biodiversity heritage library missouri botanical garden library
Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
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2,481
ITEMS
495,032
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Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
Chinese Academy Science
Chinese Academy Science
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21,691
ITEMS
1.3M
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The Chinese Academy of Science
Topic: chinese academy science
Smithsonian Field Books
Smithsonian Field Books
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3,576
ITEMS
802,179
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This collection contains items from the Smithsonian Field Book Project, an initiative to increase accessibility to field book content that documents natural history.
Topic: Natural history
darwinslibrary
darwinslibrary
collection
315
ITEMS
405,001
VIEWS
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A scholarly edition of Darwin's scientific archive.
Topic: charles darwin biodiversity heritage library missouri botanical garden
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Smithsonian Institution
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GeoRef
Topic: Science
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Library, Art & Archives
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Library, Art & Archives
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255
ITEMS
152,924
VIEWS
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The Library, Art & Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was established 160 years ago and contains one of the largest collections of material in the world relating to botany. The collections comprise 300,000 printed volumes, 5,000 journal titles and 11,000 maps. The Art and Illustrations Collection is without equal and is made up of over 200,000 items – watercolours, prints, drawings, oil paintings and photographs – by some of the finest artists working in the field of botanical...
Pacific Northwest Horticulture
Pacific Northwest Horticulture
collection
801
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88,534
VIEWS
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Pacific Northwest plant and garden society publications.
R/V Dan Moore station logs
R/V Dan Moore station logs
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2,432
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61,660
VIEWS
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Logs of species identified in trawl nets pulled by the research vessel Dan Moore off the coast of North Carolina in the 1960s and 1970s
Issued in parts
Topics: Mushrooms, Fungi, Discomycetes
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Potter, George Edwin, 1898-
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Bibliography: p. 889-904
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Topic: Zoology
x, 264, [1] leaf of plates : 25 x 32 cm
Topics: Animal locomotion, Photography of animals
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Nordenholt, George Fred, 1892-; Kerr, Joseph, 1765-1837; Sasso, John
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vii, 277 p. incl. illus., tables, diagrs. 28 x 22 cm
Topics: Mechanical engineering, Machine design
Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology
by Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology
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There was no gap between vol. 2, no. 9, and vol. 4, no. 10
Topic: Zoology
14 29
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Topics: Geology -- Great Plains, Geology, Stratigraphic -- Tertiary, Mammals, Fossil, Paleontology -- Great...
University of Toronto - Gerstein Science Information Centre
by Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615
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botanicus
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Topics: 1880, Belgium, Botany, Graphic media :, Hand-colored, Indonesia, Java, Lithograph
Natural History Museum Library, London
by Universidad de Chile
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Issues may be catalogued individually; enquire under specific element, e.g. AUTHOR, TITLE, SERIES
Fleming Collection
Topics: Natural history -- Amazon River Valley, Indians of South America -- Amazon River Valley, Indians of...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
texts

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1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 25 cm., bound to 30 cm
Topic: Birds -- New York (State) -- Oyster Bay
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Müller, Johannes
texts

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From the library of Charles Darwin
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials
Topics: Serpents, Serpent worship
statement of responsibility: collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures by John Ogilby
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University of Texas Libraries
University of Texas Libraries
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73
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24,665
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University of Texas Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Casey, Edmund Jeremiah, 1924-
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335 p
Topic: Biophysics
botanicus
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Topics: 1707-1778, Juvenile literature, Linné, Carl von,
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph, 1742-1810; Charpentier, Toussaint von, 1779-1847; Bock, Johann Carl, b. 1757, engraver; Leitner, Johann, engraver; Volkart, J. F., engraver; Schaus, William, 1859- , former owner. DSI
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First published in Erlangen [1785]-1801
Topics: Butterflies, Lepidoptera
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Sumner, Francis Bertody, 1874-; Osburn, Raymond C. (Raymond Carroll), 1872-1955; Cole, Leon Jacob, 1877-; Davis, Bradley M. (Bradley Moore), b. 1871; United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Part I, sec. I. Physical and zoological / Francis B. Sumner, Raymond C. Osburn, and Leon J. Cole -- Sec. II. Botanical / by Bradley M Davis -- Part II, sec. III. A catalogue of the marine fauna / by Francis B. Sumner, Raymond C. Osburn, and Leon J. Cole -- Sec. IV. A catalogue of the marine flora / by Bradley M. Davis
Topics: Marine animals, Marine plants
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
collection
82
ITEMS
35,110
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
botanicus
texts

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Topics: Flower language, Flowers, Symbolic aspects
U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region
by Goheen, Ellen Michaels; Willhite, Elizabeth A; United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region
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Spiral bound
Topics: Conifers Diseases and pests Oregon, Conifers Diseases and pests Washington State, Forest insects...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Strasburger, Eduard, 1844-1912; Schenck, H. (Heinrich), 1860-1927; Noll, Fritz, 1858-1908; Karsten, George, 1863-1937; Lang, W. H. (William Henry), b. 1874
texts

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favorite 59

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"Index of literature": p. 691-715
Topic: Botany -- Textbooks
viii, 519, 16 p. : (8vo)
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by American Society for Microbiology; Bergey, D. H. (David Hendricks), 1860-1937; Breed, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1877-1956
texts

eye 201,871

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Includes bibliographies
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Topics: Bacteriology, Bacteria -- classification
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Dieter, George Ellwood
texts

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Includes bibliography
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Topics: Strength of materials, Physical metallurgy, Metal-work
Originally published in 1652 under title: The English physician
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Topics: Materia medica, Botany, Medical, Herbs
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Burke, L., Mrs
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95 pages, color frontispiece : 13 cm
Topic: Flower language
Desert Botanical Gardens, Schilling Library
Desert Botanical Gardens, Schilling Library
collection
72
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22,644
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Desert Botanical Gardens, Schilling Library
University of Toronto - John M. Kelly Library
by Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
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Previously published as: On the origin of species by means of natural selection
Topics: Evolution, Natural selection
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Prosser, C. Ladd (Clifford Ladd), 1907-; Bishop, David W
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Includes bibliographies
Topic: Physiology, Comparative
Includes bibliography
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Topic: Science -- History
botanicus
by Engelmann, George,
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Topics: 1809-1884, Annonaceae, Aquifoliaceae, Berberaceae, Botanical illustration, Capparaceae,...
Bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture)
by Briggs, Lyman J. (Lyman James), 1874-1963
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Caption title
Topics: Electricity in agriculture, Electrohorticulture, Plants
Text in German and Latin. Added German t.p.: Phytanthoza iconographia, oder, Eigentliche Vorstellung etlicher Tausend.
Topics: Botany, Pre-Linnean works
Topics: Botany, Pre-Linnean works
Denver Botanic Gardens Helen Fowler Library
Denver Botanic Gardens Helen Fowler Library
collection
68
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26,441
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Denver Botanic Gardens Helen Fowler Library
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Elton, Charles S. (Charles Sutherland), 1900-
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"List of references": p. 192-200
Topic: Animal ecology
The Library of Congress
by Buzzacott, Francis Henry, 1861- [from old catalog]
texts

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favorite 32

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9, 2, [1], 3-516, [1] p. 18 cm
Topics: Camping, Fishing, Hunting
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Grasset, Eugène, 1841-1917; Verneuil, M. P. (Maurice Pillard), 1869-1942, ill
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statement of responsibility: sous la direction de M. Eugène Grasset
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Topics: Decoration and ornament, Flowers in art
Bibliographies interspersed
Topic: Insects
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Thayer, Gerald Handerson, 1883-1939; Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921; Ketchum, Howard, b. 1902, former owner. DSI
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statement of responsibility: by Gerald H. Thayer, with an introductory essay by A.H. Thayer, illustrated by Abbott H. Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Richard S. Meryman and others and with photographs
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Topics: Animals, Camouflage (Biology)
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
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W Stommel Gift 1994
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Topics: Metallurgy, Mineral industries
University of Toronto - Gerstein Science Information Centre
by Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
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comment 1

14
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Topics: Astronomy, Physical geography, Science
botanicus
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Topics: Botany, Flower language, Flowers in literature, Poetry
Cornell University Library
by Lemström, Selim, 1838-1904
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The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
Topics: Plants, Effect of electricity on, Electrohorticulture
University of Toronto - Gerstein Science Information Centre
by Alberta. Brand Office
texts

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Includes indexes
Topics: Cattle brands, Livestock brands
botanicus
by Naturhistoriske forening i Kjobenhavn
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Topics: Denmark, Natural history, Periodicals, Zoology
University of Toronto - John M. Kelly Library
by Aristotle; Peck, Arthur Leslie, 1902-
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27 31
Topics: Reproduction, Zoology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by White, Philip R. (Philip Rodney), 1901-
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xiii, [1], 277 p. 21 cm
Topic: Plant cells and tissues
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Merrill, Elmer Drew, 1876-1956
texts

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Horticultural Society of New York Gift, June 2006
Topic: Plants
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Maheshwari, P. (Panchanan), 1904-1966
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Includes bibliographies
Topics: Angiosperms, Botany -- Embryology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-
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1 p. l., 2 p. 30 cm
Topics: Textile design, Textile fabrics -- India, Decoration and ornament
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Young, J. Z. (John Zachary), 1907-
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820 p. 25 cm
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Topics: Vertebrates, Vertebrates, Fossil
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
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Topics: Agriculture, English language, Home economics, cbk
botanicus
by Dodoens, Rembert,; Gerard, John,; John Norton.; Priest, Robert,
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( 1 reviews )
Topics: 1597, Botany, Botany, Medical, Early works to 1800, England, Herbals, Materia medica, Vegetable,...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by chai tian gui tai
texts

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Topic: botany
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
by Koenig, Walter D., 1950-
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Species accounts of observations of Acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus) at Hastings Natural History Reservation, Monterey County, California
Topics: Acorn woodpecker, Acorn woodpecker--Behavior--California, Hastings Natural History Reservation...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Waksman, Selman A. (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973
texts

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Bibliography: p. xi-xix
Topics: Soil microbiology, Microorganisms
The Library of Congress
texts

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48 p. 15 x 12 cm
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Topic: Cockfighting